The importance of the rhesus c factor in determining possible future allergic disease in children.
The author compares the occurrence of rhesus phenotypes CC, Cc and cc in a group of 437 children presenting a reaginic respiratory allergy in function of family antecedents. In children with no family histories of respiratory allergy there exists a significant increase in the frequency of the phenotype cc. The mechanism by which rhesus factors act in respiratory allergy is not known.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System
D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System